19 Aug 2026
Erik Steiner Joins CMS as Partner
"Erik Steiner has joined CMS as a partner in its Technology, Media & Communications practice."
Steiner focuses on technology, media & communications and joins CMS at partner level. He most recently worked at Taylor Wessing, where he served as an Associate from 2020 to 2023, a Senior Associate from 2023 to 2025, and as Counsel from 2025 to 2026. Prior to that, he was a Law Clerk with the Oberlandesgericht in Vienna in 2019 and worked at Baker McKenzie as a Junior Associate from 2018 to 2019.
Johannes Juranek, Managing Partner of CMS Austria and Head of the TMC practice, commented that digitalization, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity are among the key issues shaping clients’ future and that Steiner’s combination of legal excellence and technical expertise further strengthens CMS’s position as an advisor to technology-driven companies and digital business models.